Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘brought to tears’ by Johnson comments

British mother imprisoned in Iran desperate following Foreign Secretary’s gaffe

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Supporters hold a photo of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a vigil outside the Iranian Embassy in London 
(Image credit: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is “on the verge of a nervous breakdown” and was “brought to tears” by Boris Johnson’s incorrect and potentially disastrous comments about why she was in Iran when she was arrested, according to her husband.

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